Inmates at Elmira Correctional Facility created these three signs for the Ernie Davis Community Center. Prison officials presented them on Friday. Pictured, from left, are Anita Lewis, Paul Chappius Jr., Curtis Brown, Chris Moylan, J.J. Mizgala and Tina Brown.

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Jennifer Kingsley

When Curtis Brown, a correction officer at Elmira Correctional Facility, noticed the Ernie Davis Community Center was in need of new signs, he knew inmates at the Hill could help.

The facility has a building and maintenance class, which offers inmates vocational training. Curtis figured they could make the signs and worked with Paul Chappius Jr., the prison's superintendent, J.J. Mizgala, superintendent of programs, and Chris Moylan, vocational instructor, to make it happen.

Four inmates worked together to create the three wooden signs. Two of the signs will soon be placed outside the ...